Moazam Ali, Susmit Bagchi^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.4, 2018, DOI:10.31209/2018.100000043

Abstract Due to the rapid advancements and developments in wide area networks and powerful computational resources, the load balancing mechanisms in distributed systems have gained pervasive applications covering wired as well as mobile distributed systems. In large-scale distributed systems, sharing of distributed resources is required for enhancing overall resource utilization. This paper presents a comprehensive study and detailed comparative analysis of different load balancing algorithms employing fuzzy logic and mobile agents. We have proposed a hybrid architecture for integrated load balancing and monitoring in distributed computing systems employing fuzzy logic and autonomous mobile agents. Furthermore, we More >

Akram M. Radwan^a,b, Zehra Cataltepe^a,c

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 777-783, 2018, DOI:10.1080/10798587.2017.1337673

Abstract This paper proposes to apply machine learning techniques to predict students’ performance on two real-world educational data-sets. The first data-set is used to predict the response of students with autism while they learn a specific task, whereas the second one is used to predict students’ failure at a secondary school. The two data-sets suffer from two major problems that can negatively impact the ability of classification models to predict the correct label; class imbalance and class noise. A series of experiments have been carried out to improve the quality of training data, and hence improve… More >

Li-Hong Juang^a, Ming-Ni Wu^b

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.2, pp. 257-266, 2018, DOI:10.1080/10798587.2016.1272778

Abstract In this paper we explore these math approaches for medical image applications. The application of the proposed method for detection tumor will be able to distinguish exactly tumor size and region. In this research, some major design and experimental results of tumor objects detection method for medical brain images is developed to utilize an automatic multi-thresholding method to handle this problem by combining the histogram analysis and the Otsu clustering. The histogram evaluations can decide the superior number of clusters firstly. The Otsu classification algorithm solves the given medical image by continuously separating the input More >

Michely Laís de Oliveira^1,*, Marcio Augusto Villela Pinto², Simone de Fátima Tomazzoni Gonçalves², Grazielli Vassoler Rutz³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.117, No.2, pp. 251-270, 2018, DOI:10.31614/cmes.2018.04237

Abstract Studies of problems involving physical anisotropy are applied in sciences and engineering, for instance, when the thermal conductivity depends on the direction. In this study, the multigrid method was used in order to accelerate the convergence of the iterative methods used to solve this type of problem. The asymptotic convergence factor of the multigrid was determined empirically (computer aided) and also by employing local Fourier analysis (LFA). The mathematical model studied was the 2D anisotropic diffusion equation, in which ε > 0 was the coefficient of a nisotropy. The equation was discretized by the Finite… More >

Kari L. Turkowski¹, David J. Tester^2,3, J. Martijn Bos^2,4, Kristina H. Haugaa⁵, Michael J. Ackerman^2,3,4

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 226-235, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12462

Abstract Background: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a heritable disease characterized by fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes, has a prevalence of approximately 1 in 5000 individuals, and accounts for approximately 20% of sudden cardiac death in the young (≤35 years). ACM is most often inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with incomplete penetrance and variable expression. While mutations in several genes that encode key desmosomal proteins underlie about half of all ACM, the remainder is elusive genetically. Objective: Here, whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed with genomic triangulation in an effort to identify a novel explanation for a… More >

Castañón-Nájera G¹, L Latorunerie-Moreno², YA Gálvez Muñoz³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.86, pp. 290-295, 2017, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2017.86.290

Abstract Among the different types of abiotic stresses, water is the most damaging for crops. In the current research, the effect of water stress, induced with Polyethylene Glycol 8000 (PEG8000) and Sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions, was studied in maize genotypes. A randomized block design (RBD) with a factorial arrangement and four replications of 25 seeds each was used. The studied maize genotypes were RC₂C39, RC₂C51 (wild varieties of the State of Tabasco backcrossed with the endogamic line CML247 of the International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat), wild Tamulte, VS536, and Asgrow 7573 hybrid, study… More >

Ruikai Chen¹, Delphine Dean^1,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 153-169, 2017, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2017.014.153

Abstract Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) play an important role in regulating blood flow and pressure by contracting and relaxing in response to a variety of mechanical stimuli. A fully differentiated and functional VSMC should have both the ability to contract and relax in response to environmental stimuli. In addition, it should have the proper mechanical properties to sustain the mechanically active vascular environment. Stem cells can differentiate towards VSMC lineages and so could be used as a potential treatment for vascular repair. However, few studies have assessed the time it takes for stems cells to… More >

Ehsan Hedayati¹, Mohammad Vahedi²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.113, No.3, pp. 295-323, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2017.113.307

Abstract Radius of ceramic cone can largely contribute into final solution of analytic models of penetration into ceramic/metal targets. In the present research, a modified model based on radius of ceramic cone was presented for ceramic/aluminum targets. In order to investigate and evaluate accuracy of the presented analytic model, obtained results were compared against the results of the Florence’s analytic model and also against numerical modeling results. The phenomenon of impact onto ceramic/aluminum composites were modeled using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) implemented utilizing ABAQUS Software. Results indicated that, with increasing initial velocity and ceramic thickness and… More >

K. Bououni¹, T. Jaber¹, S. Elbehissy¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 127-141, 2017, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2017.013.127

Abstract The economic progress in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) induces to a significant increase in the demand for agricultural development. In Emirates the majority of the farms are irrigated by underground water, characterized by a high level of salinity. Liwa, Al Ain and Al Khatem areas are suffering from high water well salinity that exceeds 20,000 ppm. This work focuses on this problem and suggests a suitable solution allowing the use of renewable energy (Solar Photovoltaic) to drive RO desalination units. An optimal design of RO/PV unit adapted to a typical farm in Abu Dhabi More >

Subashini I^{1, a}, Smitha Gopinath^{2, *}, Aahrthy R^{3, b}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.53, No.4, pp. 291-306, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2017.053.291

Abstract Present paper proposes a methodology by combining finite element method with smoothed particle hydrodynamics to simulate the response of textile reinforced concrete (TRC) slabs under low velocity impact loading. For the constitutive modelling in the finite element method, the concrete damaged plasticity model was employed to the cementitious binder of TRC and Von-Mises criterion was used for the textile reinforcement. Strain dependent smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) was used to assess the damage and failure pattern of TRC slabs. Numerical simulation was carried out on TRC slabs with two different volume fraction of glass textile reinforcement More >